"The aim of classics," say the authors, "is not only to discover or uncover the ancient world... [but] also to define and debate our relationship to that world".
Why shouldn't you believe this?" "The aim of literature," says a character in "Florence Green Is 81," one of Barthelme's first published stories, "is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart".
The ultimate aim of reforms, says Mr Sinn, is to lower prices in the south of the euro zone relative to those in the north, so as to reflect lower productivity.
The aim of the Say Yes Campaign is to involve all Jordanians in promoting the "cause" and key "concerns" of Jordanian children.
It seems misleading, in effect, to believe that the existence of "good rules" can guarantee space organisation coherent with the (abstract) aims of the said rules.
Spend time together not with the aim of nagging or saying what you think should be done, but just relaxing and listening.
And a new Palladio Museum has been created by Howard Burns, with the aim, he says, "of explaining the genius of Palladio to a larger audience than just architecture enthusiasts".
"We've never worried about that," Miller of AIM said.
He is also suspicious of the steam-cleaning business, the aim of which, he says, is just to avoid the cost of vitrification.
The aim of stripping, they say, is sexual arousal for the men in the audience; the aim of the new burlesque is self-expression for the women on the stage and maybe, vicariously, for the women in the audience.
